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    mac80211: optimize aggregation session timeout handling · 12d3952f
    Felix Fietkau authored
    Calling mod_timer from the rx/tx hotpath is somewhat expensive, and the
    timeout doesn't need to be so precise.
    
    Switch to a different strategy: Schedule the timer initially, store jiffies
    of all last rx/tx activity which would previously modify the timer, and
    let the timer re-arm itself after checking the last rx/tx timestamp.
    Make the session timers deferrable to avoid causing extra wakeups on systems
    running on battery.
    This visibly reduces CPU load under high network load on small embedded
    systems.
    Signed-off-by: default avatarFelix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarJohn W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
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